DualShock 3 to arrive in April for $55

Sure, you've been able to get a DualShock 3 on the gray market for a while now, but it looks like that "early 2008" rumor was spot on -- Sony just announced that vibration-enabled version of the SIXAXIS is due to arrive in North America in April 2008 for $55, along with that new 80GB PS3 SKU. We doubt much will have changed from the Japanese version we've already played with -- if you can't stand the anticipation the whole gallery is right here.

[jasev01 Posted Feb 26th 2008 6:13PM]

I brought two of these back from Japan with me back in December and i am almost sure they were cheaper. I may have paid $80 bucks for two. Don't hate on my Sony fan boys but Sony is continuing to promote sucking in the ps3 and helping msoft and the 360 do better. Why price the controller for more here than you do in Japan and I think (again i'm not sure I haven't bought a 360 controller in about a year or so) more than the 360 controllers.

[JayVe Posted Feb 26th 2008 6:23PM]

"I believe that the Sixaxis controller offers game designers and developers far more opportunity for future innovation than rumble ever did. Now, rumble I think was the last generation feature; it's not the next-generation feature. I think motion sensitivity is. And we don't see the need to do that" -Phil Harrison-

Sony is completely desperate and will say anything to keep people from 'defecting' to another platform.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 7:04PM]

wow cant believe it took them that long to get a vibration-enabled six axis, i mean Nintendo had motion sensing vibration-enabled wiimotes at launch

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:50PM]

dont forget there was a lawsuit

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:03PM]

you guys can afford 400 500 dollar ps3 but not a 55$ controler

[riotous Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:33PM]

I don't think the consoles high price helps people afford high priced controllers.

LOL

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 12:20AM]

Does it only come in White?

[Hydraulics Posted Feb 27th 2008 3:04AM]

$55 is stupid. Sony have been making these types of controllers for over 10 years, so their production costs for a single controller should be REALLLLLLY cheap, like $5-6 at most. And its not like the controller uses expensive material, all it uses is light, cheap plastic and some rubber. Does this mean Sony profits somewhere between $45-50 per controller?

[fodkoen Posted Mar 6th 2008 7:24AM]

Ok 55$ is a little steep, but theyll properbly be cheaper in no time.

Always fun to read the comments on these PS3 treads. Always somebody ready to throw some hate at the symstem.

If you dont like it, dont buy it. If you dont own it stop posting about it.

[Eddie Posted Feb 27th 2008 11:40AM]

yaay Looks like I am getting a ps3 in april XD

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 7:04PM]

I hope they have a black one. For $55 though, it will be right after the BT DVD remote on my to get list. A cool thing, but not sure I want to drop the cash for something not so important.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:48AM]

@Matt
my ps3 is backwards compatible with ps1 and 2 games so what do u mean

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 4:18PM]

Why doesnt the PS3's have diagonals on the d-pad. That is a deal breaker for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 9:58PM]

this is dumb. It isn't even a big deal. wow guys I just went out and bought the "new" PS3 contoller so now we can play with rumble! Whoop dee f*ckin doo. Now that ps3 has rumble it is the ULTIMATE game system. Where did all the b.s. About the ps3 being a supercomputer go? All the games look just as good on the 360. I dont understand sony or thier strategy behind the ps3. Only thing they did right was put blu-ray in it. And they got lucky on the fact that blu-ray won the war. Where would they be now if it had lost? I still want to see the ps3 make use of the cell processor other than folding@home.